MA Tarek OSMANAuthor, Cairo

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Tarek Osman, an Egyptian writer, is the author of "Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak" (Yale University Press, 2010). His writings have appeared or been cited widely, including in the Economist, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Boston Globe, the Independent, the Guardian, the Times, the Cairo Review, OpenDemocracy, among many others. He is a regular commentator on the Arab world for leading international news stations such as the BBC, Al-Jazeera, and CNN, and was the keynote speaker at conferences organised by leading universities and think tanks. Tarek lives in Cairo and London.